Canterbury Life Coaching blog

Do we create our own suffering?

We cannot control the things that happen to us, and we are not to blame for the bad things that occur. However, we can reinforce or focus...

Why is social media affecting our mental health?

In 2019 a YouGov survey revealed that 18% of young people in the UK do not think life is worth living, which had doubled in the last...

How do core beliefs affect us?

Most of us are aware of the power of positive thinking, but why can it be so hard to stay positive? We are sometimes not aware of the...

The danger of being false positive

I have talked a lot about the power of positive thinking, but suppressing negative feelings in order to create a false positive attitude...

Thoughts are not facts

Our brains are hard wired to place meaning on what we see and what happens to us. If we are feeling low we tend to interpret ambiguous...

Change your perspective

It is very difficult to control everything that happens to us in life, but we can control the way we think about it. Things don’t always...

This too shall pass

The mantra 'this too shall pass' has helped me through some dark days. When life seems bleak and there is no joy it helps me to remember...